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When it comes to art based research, it helps to have a conceptual focus to guide your exploration. For Ape Con Myth, it’s the words Ape Con Myth themselves that encapsulate everything you need to know about Ape Con Myth.

Over at Triangulation Blog, however, the world revolves around our pointy friend, the triangle. And while you should head on over to their site for the latest in new media art, we recommend stopping by Interactive Triangulation first to really get your head around through the triangle, so to speak…

It’s easy to do what everyone else is doing and eventually we might find out that’s been our only problem all along. If you question how different daily life could be, witness what one artist and a 90 piece marching band were able to do in the city of Denver.

Now imagine what kind of show 7 billion people could be putting on if everyone wasn’t so busy taking it.

While that is an overly dramatic and alarmist way to look at it, it will be interesting to see what happens when Facebook goes public and their first concern becomes their new, overly excited shareholder’s expectations that a great deal of money can be made off of all these friendships. … No, just kidding. Facebook isn’t monetizing friendship, just your life.

It’s a terabyte drive filled with illegal downloads. There’s a bunch of software and games on it, but surprisingly(?) the bulk of the monetary value comes from books. By skipping the circus that likely would have followed if it were filled with Hollywood blockbusters, the piece clears the way for us to consider the question of Intellectual Property in an age where $5 million of it can fit on a $99 drive.

Should money be the measure of who is granted access to tools, knowledge and culture that could be so easily shared? No one is going to read 76 gigs of science text books, but what if they were all just online coming up in our search results instead of some blog? Is there a business model that could avoid excluding so many from so much?

Score one for the world where something mysterious and wonderful can still wash up on the shore.
… No, not oil.

Something wonderful…

Meet Ego Leonard. Seen here in Sarasota, FL, this is his third appearance on the beaches of the world. Check out Apt46 for more images and a theory on why he ended up in Florida this time. Ape Con Myth just wants to stare at his picture a little longer and try to understand the impulse to vote him into public office.

This weekend you can go see a movie or go watch a little bit of history play out right in front of your eyes. Actually, there’s plenty of time to do both. You know where the movie theaters are, so here’s a directory of all the places currently being Occupied. Somewhere in your town, there’s a good chance some people are out camping in tents to protest… the way of the world.

We work for the economics of scarcity despite living in a time of plenty. At this point in history, competing for the necessities is unnecessary and, as such, barbaric. It’s time for corporations to evolve from cyclops with an eye for money to creatures with the depth perception and humanity implied by their personhood. We can’t all be the 1%, but there’s no reason their profit motive should dictate or endanger the lives and livelihoods of everyone else.

While you might take issue with any or all of OWS, there’s a 99% chance you’re in the same boat. Go meet some fellow passengers.